Apparatus for scalding fruits or vegetables.



rm.l 65mm. .Patented :une 5,l 1900;!

R. l.. FANcHEn. APPARATUS FUR SCALD'ING FHU|TS 0B 'VEGETABLES.

' (Application med No. e, 1599.) (No Model.)

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NITED STATES FFIC- PATENT ROSMAN I. FANOHER, OF BALDVINSVILLE, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,071, dated June 5,1900.

Application filed November 9, 1899. Serial No. 736,373. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it' known that I, RosMAN I. FANcHER oli' Baldwinsville, in the countyof Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in CanningMachinery,of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exactdescription. A

My invention relates to canning machinery, and particularly to devicesand appliances used in the preparation of fruits or vegetables forcanning.

My object is to produce an improved rapparatus for scalding fruits orvegetables which are peeled or from which the skins are removed. l I

It consistsin a rotatable wheel having radial pockets, which aresuccessively im mersed for a given period in boiling water, said pocketsbeing open on one side to permit the fruit to be filled into them bymeans of a suitable spout or hopper, and in providing on the oppositeside a'discharge-chute receiving the fruit when it is scalded, as it is,and byits own gravity emptied from the pockets successively. Suitablemeans, as a steam-jacketed tank or one heated by the direct admission ofsteam, are provided for etfecting the scalding. Also, suitable means areprovided for rotating said holder at a suitable rate of speed to insureproper scalding without cooking of the fruit therein.

The drawings herein illustrate my apparatus, reference being also had tothe accompanying specification.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 isa vertical section, of the fruit-holder.

A is the tank, which can be constructed with a jacket, as indicated bythe dotted lines in Fig. 2, and heated by steam let in by thepipe 2, orwithout a jacket and having the steam fed directly into the water, asthrough the pipe 3. In other words, the Water in the tank can be heatedby any suitable means. A pillar 4, erected upon the tank, carries ashaft 5 in a suitable bearing, and 6 is the fruit-holder, secured uponsaid shaft, comprisinga hub 7, aback S, a rim 9, radial or holder.

other partitions l0, and inclined transverse partitions 11, constitutingthe inner ends of the pockets 12. The back and rim are preferably madeof a suitable netting for freer circulation of the water or otherscalding agent. The top of the tank is usually covered, excepting aslotway which receives the A vertical retainer 13 is secured to oneedgevof this slot in such manner as to retain the fruit in the pocketswhile being scalded. (See dotted lines in Fig. 2.) A shaft and pulley 14drive a pinion 15, which engages with a rack 16 on the holder to revolvesaid holder. Upon the front of the tank a feed-hopper 17 is erected,whereby the fruit is fed into the descending pockets successively. Atthe opposite side a dischargechute 1S is erected in proper position toreceive the fruit as it automatically slides ont or discharges itselffrom the rising pockets successively, the inclined inner ends of thepockets facilitating this discharge.

It will be seen that the pockets or buckets are successivelyiilled,immersed in the hot water or other bath, carrying through it thefruit retained therein, and successively emptied as the pockets leavethe bath.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. The tank for holding hot Water, an operating-shaft'mounted thereon, afeed-hopper also mounted thereon, means bearing against the open side ofthe fruit-holder to prevent the fruit from fallin g out when beingscalded, and a discharge-chute, combined with the revolving fruit-holderwhich is operated by the driving-shaft and which is closed upon one sideand open upon the other, a series of radial partitions, and inclinedtransverse partitions forming the bottoms of the chambers formed in thefruit-holder by theradial ones, whereby the fruit after being dipped inthe liquid is automatically emptied into the discharge-chute,substantially as shown and described.

2. The fruit-holder provided with a hub and suitable bearings, wherebythe holder is adapted to revolve, and means for causing the holder torevolve, combined with radial In Witness whereof I have hereunto set mypartitions placed in the holder, a back aphand this 3d day of November,1899. plied to one side of the holder, a vertical rep v 'Gainer placedagainst the side of the holder ROSMAN I' FANOHER 5 to prevent the fruitfrom falling out while lfVitnesses:

being scalded and the inclined partitions 11, MILDRED M. NOTT,substantially as set forth. l HOWARD P. DENISON.

